Case Studies
You can find a number of COMIT case studies in PDF format below. There are two forms of case study, "full" and "summary". Full case studies include more detail about process changes, costs and actual return on investment. Summary case studies give a single page overview of the implementation with the main benefits outlined. To understand where case studies come from see demonstration projects.
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Some of the case studies on this page date back to 2004. What is sobering is that while the technologies involved have improved dramatically since that time, the problems they describe have remained very much the same.
Most Recent Case Study
Willmott Dixon & Colonel Duck - Site Inductions & Pre-enrolment
Users: Site Workers / Managers / Visitors Location: Various Willmott Dixon Sites
Software: Colonel Duck's Pre Enrolment (web app - mobile, tablets & PC's)
2019
Case study type FULL
Previous Case Studies
Costain / Script&Go - Site Diary
Users: Site Engineers / Managers Location: Various Costain Sites
Software: Script&Go Site Diary (Android/iOS tablet, phone & PC)
2018
Case study type FULL
Balfour Beatty - Augmented Reality (Hololens)
Users: Engineers, Planners, H&S team Location: Crossrail
Software: Windows 10, Synchro software, Sketch Up Viewer
2017
Case study type FULL
NDL & Amey UK - Safe Dig Packs
Users: Frontline staff Location: Nationwide, Netherlands
Software: NDL's awi integration toolkit
2015
Case study type Summary
NDL & Balfour Beatty - Safe Dig Packs
Users: Office staff Location: Nationwide, Netherlands
Software: NDL's awi integration toolkit
2015
Case study type Summary
Balfour Beatty & Snapfile - Location Based Reporting for BIM
Users: Site Engineers Location: M25 Motorway, UK
Hardware: Smartphones & tablets Software: Snapfile ONtrack
2015
Case study type FULL
Appear Networks & Dutch Rail - Real time Data
Users: Frontline staff Location: Nationwide, Netherlands
Hardware: Pocket PC's Software: Appear Context-Aware Engine
2012
Case study type Summary
Costain - Asset Tracking
Users: Site workers Location: South Wales
Hardware: RFID & PDA
2012
Case study type Summary
Appear Networks & MTR Stockholm - Real time Data
Users: Frontline staff Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Hardware: Handheld devices Software: Appear Context-Aware Engine
2012
Case study type Summary
Shepherd & Intergence - Rapid Site Setup
Users: Construction Site Office Teams Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: Standard Site Server/VSAT/3G Software: Hyperforma
Cost: £11,400
2012
Case study type FULL
Speedy & Balfour Beatty - Satellite Broadband
Users: Site users Location: Warwickshire, UK
Hardware: Speedy Sky Satellite Data
2011
Case study type Summary
Speedy & Formability - Audit inspection data during fieldwork
Users: SHEQ team Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: PDA Software: Auditform
2011
Case study type Summary
4hSolutions & Byrne Group - Issue & Return of Equipment
Users: Consolidation Team Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: RFID tags & handheld computers
Software: Assettagz & COINS Plan Manager
Case study type Summary
2010
Balfour Beatty & Objective Computing - Safety Alerts
Users: Project & Contract team Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: Mobile telephones Software: SQL Server 2005 or Express
2010
Case study type Summary
Kier Group & Speedy - Internet & Telephone Provision
Users: Onsite workers Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: Wireless Ethernet Bridge, Motorola PTP 500
2010
Case study type Summary
Momote & Atkins - Highway Maintenance
Users: Maintenance Team Gang Leaders Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: Various Software: Momote
2010
Case study type Summary
4hSolutions & Magnor Plant - Maintenance Inspections
Users: Safety Equipment Team Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: RFID tags & handheld computers Software: Assettagz
2010
Case study type Summary
Taylor Woodrow - Snagging
Users: Any work inspector Location: Glasgow Harbour, UK
Hardware: Digital Pen & Paper Software: Sysnet Snagmaster
Cost: £10,400 ROI: During first project
2005
Case study type FULL
Arup - Email, Calender, Contacts
Users: Mobile executives Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: BlackBerry 7230 Software: BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Cost: £520 per user per year ROI: less than 4 months per user
2005
Case study type FULL
Mace - Defect Management & QC
Users: Engineers Location: Cambridge, UK
Hardware: Sony Palm One Software: ClearIT, Data Mobility
Cost: £36,000 ROI: less than 12 months
2004
Case study type FULL
Stent Foundations - Management of Piling Works
Users: Site workers & engineers Location: Kings Cross, London, UK
Hardware: Wireless tablets Software: Bespoke web-based
Cost: £71,000 ROI: 12 months
2004
Case study type FULL
Biwater - Asset Management
Users: Operations management Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: GPS vehicle tracker Software: Various GIS
Cost: £20,950 ROI: 7 months
2004
Case study type FULL
Byzack - Preventative Maintenance
Users: Plant maintenance engineers Location: Merseyside, UK
Hardware: RFID data gathering system Software: Tag-All Advanced
Cost: £7,500 ROI: less than 12 months
2004
Case study type FULL
Rosser & Russel - Maintenance Information
Users: Maintenance engineers Location: Nationwide, UK
Hardware: Siemens SX45 PDA Software: Cognito
Cost: £135,000 ROI: 12 months
2004
Case study type FULL
Network Rail - Earthworks Examinations
Users: Geotechnical Engineers Location: Regional, UK
Hardware: Pocket PC Software: GISmo & MapX Mobile
Cost: £70,000 ROI: 12 months
2004
Case study type FULL